Well, I went 1-1 last
week on my picks. On Sunday, the Cowboys
rode the roller coaster from the depths to the peak…and then they removed the
safety harness and ultimately fell to their death as they fell to the Giants. I must say if you aren’t a Cowboys fan, it’s
super entertaining to watch their games.
On a given game day, they can lose to the worst team, beat the best
team, squander huge leads, overcome huge deficits, ice their own kicker, and
you just never know what you’re going to get before the opening kickoff.
The Broncos are
equally fun to watch but for different reasons.
They may or may not score a lot in the first 3 quarters, but they always
score a lot in the 4th quarter.
If you like points, and you like watching teams that always have a
chance to win the game, the Broncos are your team.
Let’s look at the
lines and my guesses for Week 9
| Away | Home | Guess | SC Line |
| Chiefs | Chargers | Chargers -9.5 | Chargers -7.5 |
| Broncos | Bengals | Broncos -3 | Broncos -3.5 |
| Ravens | Browns | Ravens -3 | Ravens -3.5 |
| Cards | Pack | Pack -12 | Pack -11 |
| Bills | Texans | Texans -10.5 | Texans -10.5 |
| Dolphins | Colts | Colts -3 | Dolphins -2.5 |
| Lions | Jags | Lions -3 | Lions -3.5 |
| Bears | Titans | Bears -4.5 | Bears -3.5 |
| Panthers | Redskins | Redskins -6 | Redskins -3 |
| Bucs | Raiders | Raiders -2.5 | Raiders -1.5 |
| Vikes | Seahawks | Seahawks -4.5 | Seahawks -4.5 |
| Steelers | Giants | Giants -3.5 | Giants -3 |
| Cowboys | Falcons | Falcons -5.5 | Falcons -4 |
| Eagles | Saints | Saints -2.5 | Saints -3 |
Chiefs @ Chargers
This is just a
horrible game. I’d rather watch Bob Ross
paint for 3.5 hours than watch this game.
Brady Quinn is injured so, by default, Matt Cassel is required to
participate. You gotta love it when the
starting QB is about to get yanked, then he gets hurt so the backup HAS to go
in, and then the backup sucks worse than the starter AND gets hurt so you have
to put the starter back in. I say the
Chiefs drop a full installment of the MEOW! package on us and go Wildcat all
game long. The problem is, Jamaal Charles
would be a good guy for the Wildcat, but “Where For Art Thou” Romeo Crennel
forgot Charles was on the team. “Jamaal…Jamaal,
Where For Art Thou, Jamaal?” “I’m right
here next to you Romeo! Just give me the
damn ball!”
1 of 2 things is going
to happen in this game.
-Matt Cassel comes back
and plays like everyone knows he can, like he did in New England, and this game
stays close because it’s a divisional game between a really bad team and a
pretty bad team.
OR
-The Chargers start doing
that thing where they pretend to be the best team in the NFL for the second
half of the season, and they dumptruck the Chiefs by 28.
Take your pick. Mine is Chiefs +7.5
Dolphins @ Colts
Vontae Davis and Coby
Fleener are out for the Colts. Even if
it’s minute, these injuries have had at least SOME effect on this line. Both teams are 4-3. Both teams were supposed to be very bad this
year but instead have winning records and legitimate mathematical chances of
making the playoffs. (I say “legitimate
mathematical chances” because neither is expected to win their divisions (the
Patriots and Texans are pretty decent), and they will have to beat out the
following teams for a wild card spot:
Ravens OR Steelers, Bengals, Titans, Chargers, and Bills.) So, basically both teams kinda have the same
feel to them….
Why are the Dolphins
favored on the road when it’s reasonable to think of these 2 teams as being roughly
equal?
BECAUSE THE DOLPHINS
ARE MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYONE THINKS! Don’t
think Andrew Luck is going to lead his team to a victory at home because he’s
playing better late in games and he came back to beat the Titans last week,
blah, blah, blah. THAT’S WHAT EVERYONE
IS THINKING!
The Dolphins is the
right pick. I’M 100% SURE OF THAT! And no, it doesn’t matter if Tannehill
(Questionable for Sunday) or Matt Moore plays.
Panthers @ Redskins
Not much needs to be
said here. You’ve got a 3-5 Redskins team
that has looked pretty good 7 of the 8 weeks this year. You’ve got a 1-6 Panthers team who has looked
horrible a majority of its games so far this season. Yet, the line reflects that these 2 teams are
equal?
Take the Panthers, and
don’t second guess yourself!
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